Had I not shot up the signage, I would have shot an everybody’s snapshot. I placed the signage along the rule-of-third lines and used it as a strong foreground. The bright light at the top right intersecting rule-of-third guide lines was strategically placed, too, otherwise, it’s just a distracting glare.

This is a textbook shot if you’ve been doing this for a while. It was natural to look up when surrounded by tall trees. I didn’t even need to get down low to get this low angle shot. 🙂 All the tree tops which congregated in the center of the frame formed a pattern–an important …

The temple in the middle of the frame is the most famous backdrop to take pictures with around sunset time. I went to a higher platform to show the overall setting of the temple. By pointing down the lens, I effectively took the picture of the temple from a high angle. I used seemingly stray …

The opportunity to take pictures from a higher vantage point is rare–take it. I took this picture from a platform above the Cliffwalk–suspended walkways off the granite cliff face. I ensured to include a bit of platform on the top left of the frame to act as a foreground. The main subject–a portion of Cliffwalk–was …

My tripod legs were on the sand, with the sea water constantly sweeping under. It wasn’t easy to capture bracketed shots before the sand shifted slightly and moved the tripod along with it. Capturing the water movement, though, was worth the effort. For a strong foreground, I placed the outcrop on the left, occupying about …

I was on a hill above the fog when I shot this photo. In accordance to the rule of thirds, I placed the fog on the lower third of the frame. The fog nicely framed the city as well. Lastly, the negative space (which I couldn’t avoid) brought balance against the scene on the lower …

Some would see the window frame as an obstruction, but its inclusion actually provided an important context–that the picture was taken from a plane. The window frame in the foreground also gives some idea about how far the plane was from the summits. I could’ve used a telephoto lens, zoomed in, and made the summits …

Before you sign up for a photo tour at this location, make sure you know your camera (and tripod) in and out and be prepared to move quickly from one spot to another. I couldn’t think of anything else than to place the light beam in the center of the frame. The canyon walls–I didn’t …

A photo book is a great way to select a handful of your photos and put them in one cohesive collection. You can create a photo book for your vacation photos, for all your beach landscape photos, or any theme you can think of. I made a photo book for my last vacation photos, carried …